Legendary Russian Rocket Designer Deceased at 99
Boris Chertok, a Russian rocket engineer who played a pivotal role in designing navigation and control systems for the Soviet space program,... Read more →
NASA Simulating Asteroid Mission in Arizona
Source: NASA For three days this week, a small part of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will simulate a human mission to an... Read more →
NASA Developing Harpoon for Comet Sampling
Perfoming a rendezvous and landing operation on a comet is a risky task due to comets' rotational rates, rugged surface, and low gravity. NASA is... Read more →
Meteorites Striking Earth? There’s an App for That
A screenshot capture from the Meteor Counter app. (Credits: iTunes). The Meteor Counter, a new iPhone app, allows skywatchers everywhere to help... Read more →
Newly Created Stratolaunch to Develop Air-Launch System
An artist's impression of the new Stratolaunch air-launched system (Credits: Scaled Composites). Philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul Allen... Read more →
Orion Capsule Completes Drop Test Series
The Orion capsule, NASA's next astronaut exploration vehicle, successfuly completed a series of drop tests on December 13th. The tests simulate... Read more →